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"Now please forgive my sin! Go back with me so I can worship the LORD.”"
— 1 Samuel 15:25, NET Bible
“Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord.”
“Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship Jehovah. ”
“Now therefore, please pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship Yahweh."”
“But now bear, I beseech thee, my sin, and return with me, that I may adore the Lord.”
“So now, let my sin have forgiveness, and go back with me to give worship to the Lord.”
“Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord.”
Then Samuel said,“Does the LORD take pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as he does in obedience? Certainly, obedience is better than sacrifice; paying attention is better than the fat of rams.
For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and presumption is like the evil of idolatry. Because you have rejected the LORD’s orders, he has rejected you from being king.”
Then Saul said to Samuel,“I have sinned, for I have disobeyed what the LORD commanded and your words as well. For I was afraid of the army, and I obeyed their voice.
Now please forgive my sin! Go back with me so I can worship the LORD.”
Samuel said to Saul,“I will not go back with you, for you have rejected the LORD’s orders, and the LORD has rejected you from being king over Israel!”
When Samuel turned to leave, Saul grabbed the edge of his robe and it tore.
Samuel said to him,“The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day and has given it to one of your colleagues who is better than you!